음반 [Colour By Numbers]가 나오고 얼마 지나지 않아 그룹의 상징인 Boy George는
"뉴스위크"지의 표지인물로 등장했다.
스스로 '성의 개척자' 임을 자부한 그는 여장차림과 인형과도 같은 '미모'로 인해 84,85년
매스컴의 표적이 되어 집중적으로 카메라 플래시를 받았다. 그만큼 그와 컬처 클럽에게는
비디오적 측면이 중요하게 대두되었다.
본명이 조지 오' 다우드(George O' Dawd)이며 1961년 복싱클럽 매니저의 아들로 태어난
보이 조지는 10대 시절 데이빗 보위(David Bowie), 티.렉스(T.Rex)같은 글램락(Glam Rock)의 영향을 받으며 성장했다. 한편 그는 1970년대말 포스트-펑크(Post-Punk)시대동안 런던의 클럽에서 커다란 인기속에 활동하기도 했었다. 전성기 시절에는 특유의 신랄한 재치로 공개석상에서 날카로운 발언을 함으로써 자신의 카리스마적 이미지에 일조하는 것을 즐기기도 했던 인물이다.
컬처 클럽은 타의 추종을 불허할만큼 날카로운 팝감각을 지니고 있었기에 전세계 팝계의
스포트라이트를 받을 수 있었다. 그러나 언제부턴가 이들은 MTV의 태도변화와 리드싱어
조지의 마약중독 등으로 내부불화를 겪다 1986년 뉴 웨이브시대의 고전으로 몇장의 싱글을 차트에 랭크시킨 후 해산해버린다.
이후 보이 조지는 93년에 영화 [크라잉 게임]의 주제가 "Crying Game"을 히트시키기도 했다.
Karma Chameleon
Desert loving in your eyes all the way. If I listen to your lies would you say I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction. You come and go, you come and go.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red gold and green, red gold and green.
Don't hear your wicked words every day and you used to be so sweet, I heard you say that my love was an addiction. When we cling our love is strong. When you go you're gone forever. You string along, you string along.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red gold and green, red gold and green.
Every day is like survival, you're my lover, not my rival. Every day is like survival, you're my lover, not my rival.
I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction. You come and go, you come and go.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red gold and green, red gold and green.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red gold and green, red gold and green.
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream, red gold and green, red gold and green. (fade)
Do You Really Want To Hurt me
Give me time to realize my crime Let me love and steal I have danced inside your eyes How can I be real
Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Precious kisses, words that burn me Lovers never ask you why
In my heart the fire’s burnin’ Choose my colour, find a star Precious people always tell me That’s a step, a step too far
Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry
Words are few, I have spoken I could waste a thousand years Wrapped in sorrow, words are token Come inside and catch my tears
You’ve been talkin’, but believe me If it’s true you do not know This boy loves without a reason I’m prepared to let you go
If it’s love you want from me Then take it away Everything is not what you see It’s over again
Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry
The Crying Game
I know all there is to know about the crying game
I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses then there are signs
and then before you know where you are .... you're saying goodbye
One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game
and if he knows maybe he'll explain
Why there are heartaches
Why there are tears
And what to do to stop feeling blue when love dissapear
First there are kisses then there are signs
and then before you know where you are.... you're saying goodbye